4th Quarter - Report

COX ENTERPRISES INC. for COX ENTERPRISES INC.

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$830,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

8 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Video programming issues, generally; General broadcast issues including media ownership, retransmission consent and spectrum repacking; Spectrum issues, generally

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Retirement RET

H.R. 761 / S. 270, Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2017; S. 1076 / H.R. 2412, Keep Our Pension Promises Act; IRS rules on mortality tables; S. 852, Retirement Security Preservation Act of 2017; H.R. 3596, Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act of 2017

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: S. 1076 (115th), H.R. 2412 (115th), H.R. 761 (115th), S. 852 (115th), S. 270 (115th), H.R. 3596 (115th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Automotive lending issues, generally

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Automotive Industry AUT

Automobile recall issues, generally; Issues affecting the wholesale auto auction industry, generally; Autonomous vehicles and advanced vehicle technology, generally; H.R. 3388, SELF DRIVE Act; S. 1885, AV START Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3388 (115th), S. 1885 (115th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Corporate tax reform, generally; Deductibility of ordinary and necessary business expenses; House GOP "Better Way Forward" tax plan; Taxation of digital goods, generally; H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 1 (115th)

Telecommunications TEC

Broadband deployment issues, generally; Net neutrality, generally; Net neutrality issues related to the FCC's Open Internet Order; TCPA issues, generally; FCC process and reform, generally; H.R. 4682, Open Internet Preservation Act; RUS funding and rural broadband issues, generally

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills named: H.R. 4682 (115th)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

ASCAP-BMI consent decree; Music copyright issues, generally; Music ownership database, including H.R. 3350, Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act; H. Con. Res 13, Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act; S. Con Res. 6, A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S.Con.Res. 6 (115th), H.Con.Res. 13 (115th), H.R. 3350 (115th)

Computer Industry CPI

H.R. 2520, BROWSER Act of 2017; Privacy, data security, data breach, and cybersecurity, generally

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOAB LESESNE —
ELIZABETH OBLINGER —
PAUL GERARD SCOLESE —
RACHEL WELCH —

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 2520 (115th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.